· Five foreign subsidiaries of Thermon Manufacturing Company (Thermon US), a Texas-based firm, have agreed to pay a $176,000 in combined civil penalties to settle allegations that they exported and reexported EAR99 heat tracing equipment to Iran, Syrian, Libya, and listed entities in India without the required BIS or the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Controls (OFAC) licenses. The foreign subsidiaries were told by the parent company that products manufactured by Thermon US may not be sold to countries on the U.S. trade sanctions list; however, the subsidiaries exported the equipment to prohibited end users without informing the parent company of the ultimate destination for the items. Thermon US voluntarily disclosed the violations to BIS.

· Foxsemicon Integrated Technologies, Inc. (FITI) of Taiwan has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle allegations that between August 2005 and May 2006, the company made unlicensed exports of pressure transducers to China, in violation of the EAR. The transducers are used as spare components of manufacturing systems controlled for nuclear non-proliferation reasons. BIS alleged that FITI knew that licenses were required for the parts but made no attempt to apply for the shipment authorization. FITI was also alleged to have made false statements on export documentation stating that no license was required for the exports. In addition to FITI, FITI's wholly-owned affiliate, Foxsemicon LLC of San Jose, CA, settled allegations that it aided and abetted FITI's violations. Foxsemicon's $160,000 civil penalty was suspended provided no additional violations occur in the next year.